Candy box



March 16 1926.

E. W. POPPE CANDY BOX Filed May 3 Fig.3.

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Patented Mar. 16, 1926.

- unite stares EDWARD W. POPPE, 0E MILWAUKEE, WISCQNSZN.

CANDY BOX.

Application filed May 3,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Enwann 1V. POPPE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, county of Milwaukee, and State of Visconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Candy Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in boxes.

The object of my invention is to provide a box such, for example, as a candy box, in which a sliding container or drawer may be automatically projected to an exposed position when the cover is lifted, said projected container being preferably held in engagement with the box and supported therefrom until manually removed or pressed back into normal position preparatory to closing the cover.

My invention is particularly applicable to candy boxes having a plurality of containers, i. e., interior movable compartments or drawers, my invention making it possible to display the contents of each of the containers when the cover is raised by projecting the lower container or containers to a suflicient extent to expose its or their contents. It may, therefore, be said to be an object of this invention to provide a candy box having a series of containers, with means for automatically projecting one or more of the lower containers from beneath the upper one when the cover is raised.

A. further object of this invention is to provide a candy box with a hinged wall which co-operates with the cover and acts as a retainer for spring-pressed containers within the box, said front wall also operating as a support for a partially projected container.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a candy box embodying my invention as it appears when open, said box having two containers and the upper container being removed.

Figure 2 is a sectional view of my improved candy box when closed, the section taken on line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view drawn on line 33 of Figure 2, showing the lower container in its projected position.

Figure 4 is a detail view of the projecting sprin Like parts are identified by the same reference characters throughout the several views,

1923. Serial 1%. 636,374.

of which the wall is composed, or by applying and gumming thereto sheets of flexible material in a manner well known in the art where a wall or flap is to be swung from one position of adjustment to another.

The horizontal partition wall 3 supports an upper container or drawer 4- and is spaced from the bottom wall 2 suficiently to allow the insertion of another drawer or container 5. The horizontal partition 3 is cut away at 6, and a metallic clip 7 is applied to the margin of the cut-away portion and clinched thereto. This clip :is provided with a depending lip 8 which is adapted to engage the upper margin of the rear wall of the container 5 when the latter moves forwardly. The lip 8 prevents the drawer from being wholly withdrawn from the box, except by manipulation.

A spring tends to push the container horizontally out of the box from beneath the partition 3. This spring is formed of a single piece of wire having abow portion 10, lapped portions 12, crossed arms 13, and downwardly turned extremities lt. The downturned extremities 1 lof the wire constitute pushing arms which bear against the container on each side of the transverse center line and near the respective ends of the container when the spring is compressed as the container is pushed to its normal position within the box.

The cover 18 is hinged to the box at 19. A piece of tape or ribbon 2O limits the backwardly swinging movement of the cover. The arrangement is such that the cover may be swung forwardly to covering position, and its front flange 21 is adapted to engage over the front wall 1 of the box when said front wall is in a vertical position, thereby holding the wall in such posi tion, the box resembling an ordinary candy box with cover flanges overlapping the side and end walls.

lVhen the cover is raised, the front wall 1 swings downwardly under the pressure of the lower container 5, said pressure being derived from the spring. The container 5 then slides forwardly to a position in which it is supported by the cover, with the lip S engaging the rear Wall of the container to prevent it from being Wholly projected from the box.

I claim 1. In a paper box having a body, the combination with an intermediate horizontal partition in said body and having a cut away portion at the forward end of said body, of a stop secured to said partition in said cut away portion and having a lip depending from said partition, a movable container within the body and below said partition said body having at its "forward end a wall hinged to the bottom of said body, and a spring -for projecting said container outwardly oyer said yvall, said lip extending into said container for contact with the rear wall thereof, whereby movement of said container may be limited and said container may be manually manipulated about said lip for removal from said body.

The combination with a box having a swinging" Wall, of a cover adapted to normally hold the Wall against swinging movement to open position, a container Within the box, and a spring for urging said containcr against said swinging Wall, said spring comprising; a single piece of Wire looped upon itself at each end of the central portion to form crossed arms, the extremities oi' Which are downturned and adapted to support said arms in raised position and form bearing shoulders for pressure engagement with the container.

EDYVARD W. POPPE, 

